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The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday. ... He told Space.com the asteroid met those conditions in late September. NASA said ...
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months. ... Updated September 23, 2024 at 11:19 AM.
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024 include: Asteroid Perigee Date in 2024 2009 JV 1: ... ~0.006682 AU (~2.6 LD) 17 September 2024 2022 YO 1: 0.014 AU: December
2024 ON is a near-Earth object with a length around 350 meters [2] that flew past Earth on 17 September 2024 at a distance of 620,000 miles (1,000,000 km). [3] It was discovered by ATLAS - MLO , Mauna Kea on 27 July 2024. [ 2 ]
September 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM. There's a new moon on the horizon. ... The asteroid 2024 PT5 is expected to escape Earth's orbit on Nov. 25 and be pulled toward the sun before continuing its ...
The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system. Between 29 September (19:54 UTC) and 25 November 2024 (16:43 UTC) (a period of 1 month and 27 days) [4] it passed just outside Earth's Hill sphere (roughly 0.01 AU [1.5 million km; 0.93 million mi]) at a low relative velocity (in the range 0.002 km/s (4.5 mph) – 0.439 km/s [980 mph]) and will become ...
The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, will become a mini-moon from 29 September until 25 November, astronomers said in a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the AAS.
2024 BX 1 is the eighth asteroid discovered before impacting Earth, and is Sárneczky's third discovery of an impacting asteroid. Before it impacted, 2024 BX 1 was a near-Earth asteroid on an Earth-crossing Apollo-type orbit. The bolide was studied in June 2024. It had a steep entry of 75.6° and an entry speed of 15.20 km/s.